To repeal sections 116.080 and 116.090, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to initiative or referendum petitions, with penalty provisions.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Sections 116.080 and 116.090, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections
enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 116.080 and 116.090, to read as follows:

116.080. 1. Each petition circulator shall be at least eighteen years of age, a resident
of this state, and registered with the secretary of state. No person shall qualify as a petition
circulator who has been convicted of, found guilty of, or pled guilty to an offense involving
forgery under the laws of this state, or any offense under the laws of any other jurisdiction
if it would be considered forgery under the laws of this state.

2. No person or organization shall compensate or offer to compensate any person,
nor shall any person or organization receive compensation or agree to receive
compensation, for collecting signatures on an initiative or referendum petition if such
compensation is based on the number of signatures obtained. This subsection shall not be
construed to prohibit compensation for collection of signatures on an initiative or
referendum petition that is not based on the number of signatures obtained.

3. Signatures collected by any circulator who has not registered with the secretary of
state pursuant to this chapter on or before 5:00 p.m. on the final day for filing petitions with the
secretary of state shall not be counted.

[2.]4. Each petition circulator shall supply the following information to the secretary of
state's office:

(5) Have you been or do you expect to be paid for soliciting signatures for this petition?

□ YES□ NO;

(6) If the answer to subdivision (5) is yes, then identify the payor;

(7) Signature of circulator.

[3.]5. The circulator information required in [subsection 2 of] this section shall be
submitted to the secretary of state's office with the following oath and affirmation:

I HEREBY SWEAR OR AFFIRM UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT ALL
STATEMENTS MADE BY ME ARE TRUE AND CORRECT, THAT I HAVE NEVER
BEEN CONVICTED OF, FOUND GUILTY OF, OR PLED GUILTY TO AN OFFENSE
INVOLVING FORGERY, AND THAT I HAVE NOT ACCEPTED AND WILL NOT
ACCEPT COMPENSATION FOR OBTAINING SIGNATURES BASED ON THE
NUMBER OF SIGNATURES I OBTAIN.

[4.]6. Each petition circulator shall subscribe and swear to the proper affidavit on each
petition page such circulator submits before a notary public commissioned in Missouri. When
notarizing a circulator's signature, a notary public shall sign his or her official signature and affix
his or her official seal to the affidavit only if the circulator personally appears before the notary
and subscribes and swears to the affidavit in his or her presence.

[5.]7. Any circulator who falsely swears to a circulator's affidavit knowing it to be false
is guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of section
[560.021]560.016, RSMo, to the contrary, for a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year
in the county jail or a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars or both.

116.090. 1. Any person who knowingly signs any name other than his own to any
petition[, or]shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a class one election offense, as
defined in section 115.631, RSMo.

2. Any person who knowingly signs his or her name more than once for the same
measure for the same election, or who knows he or she is not at the time of signing or circulating
the same a Missouri registered voter and a resident of this state, shall, upon conviction thereof,
be guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of section
[560.021]560.016, RSMo, to the contrary, for a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year
in the county jail or a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars or both.

[2.]3. Any person who knowingly accepts or offers money or anything of value to
another person in exchange for a signature on a petition is guilty of a class A misdemeanor
punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of section [560.021]560.016, RSMo, to the contrary,
for a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year in the county jail or a fine not to exceed ten
thousand dollars or both.